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Is Free Software Secure than proprietary software?
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Here we List out different questions asked to us by college going students, and possible and given answers. | Here we List out different questions asked to us by college going students, and possible and given answers. | ||
==Is Free Software Secure than proprietary software?== | |||
As to how is Free Software more secure than proprietary software even though the source code of Free Software is available for everyone to edit whereas the source code for proprietary software is not available? | |||
Imagine two huge buildings. One wants to rent one for an office. Both | |||
are in a place where earthquakes and terrorist acts are common. For | |||
one, he is given a complete building plan, clearly marking all the | |||
exits and entrances and the complete wiring etc of the building | |||
showing all maintainence passageways, ducts etc. For the other, he is | |||
told that no plans are available or can be shown because terrorists | |||
might get access to them - but since the details of the building are | |||
top secret, no terrorist can misuse the details. Regarding wiring and | |||
things, they say, we cannot give you the details, but give us the | |||
ends of the wires and we will connect them for you - same for exhaust | |||
pipes etc etc. Which building will he choose?<ref>[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033121.html Kenneth Gonsalves' explanation in ILUG Chennai]</ref> | |||
[http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/pipermail/ilugc/2007-March/033115.html A discussion on ilug Chennai] | |||
==How can I make money using FOSS ?== | ==How can I make money using FOSS ?== | ||